Under Construction <= 3.96 — Cross-Site Request Forgery via admin_action_ucp_dismiss_notice
CVE-2023-0831Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.96Update to 3.97 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-352 CSRF
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Under Construction under-construction-page
- Affected≤ 3.96
- Patched in3.97
Update to 3.97 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.96. Version 3.97 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Under Construction.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 3.97, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Under Construction to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Ram, Alex Thomas.
The Under Construction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.96. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the dismiss_notice function called via the admin_action_ucp_dismiss_notice action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to dismiss plugin notifications via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Under Construction
All 5| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤5.82Update to 5.83 | CVE-2026-81295 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read via template_thumbnail Parameter ≤5.76Update to 5.81 | CVE-2026-11426 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery via admin_action_install_weglot ≤3.96Update to 3.97 | CVE-2023-0832 | |
| Medium5.5 | Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤3.85Update to 3.86 | — |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read via template_thumbnail Parameter
≤5.76Update to 5.81
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery via admin_action_install_weglot
≤3.96Update to 3.97
- Medium5.5Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤3.85Update to 3.86
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| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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